Institute news and updates
RESULT (Recognize and Evaluate Signs to Uncover Labor Trafficking) Helps Law Enforcers and Victims Recognize Signs of Labor Trafficking by Asking a Series of Questions Last week Thursday, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Catherine Piedad, a woman exploited for labor as a domestic worker five years ago, spoke at the BU School of Law […]
Last month the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a significant grant to a team of researchers from Boston University, Northeastern University and UMass Amherst. The grant will support the development of a testbed for new cloud computing platforms that will enable data science research to expand and explore new areas of interest. The total award […]
On October 11, 2019, the Hariri Institute for Computing hosted the Junior Faculty Fellows Award Luncheon to celebrate and welcome the ninth cohort of Junior Faculty Fellows. The event was held at the Hotel Commonwealth and was attended by the newest JFFs, former fellows and faculty. The event was hosted by Professor Azer Bestavros, Founding […]
This year, the first Kilachand Fund Awards were given to three research project teams. The Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering was created when Rajen Kilachand gifted Boston University with $115 million in 2018, $100 million of which went to establishing an endowment dedicated to interdisciplinary research and finding solutions to the problems […]
How can we improve healthcare around the world without exposing any private patient information? Slated to launch later this Fall, The Boston University Data Privacy Collaborative is a new initiative of the Hariri Institute for Computing, which aims to tackle problems of this kind. One of its founding members is Datavant, an organization dedicated to […]
Led by Boston University professor Jonathan Jay, the “Shape-Up” team was awarded the “EveryTown for Gun Safety” Prize by MIT Solve, an initiative of MIT, with $100K funding. The team is 1 of the 32 new Solver teams and was selected from a pool of nearly 1,400 applications from over 100 countries. MIT Solve aims to advance […]
On September 16th, Abraham Matta, a Hariri Research Fellow, received a grant from the Division of Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation for his proposal titled “CNS Core: Small: Collaborative Research: HEECMA: A Hybrid Elastic Edge-Cloud Application Management Architecture”. This project will examine how application software can be partitioned and deployed over different parts of a […]
Professor Danielle Citron has been given the honor of being named a 2019 MacArthur Fellow. A professor at Boston University’s School of Law, Professor Citron is 1 out of 26 people to be recognized as a MacArthur Fellow and has been awarded $625,000 to invest in their passions. The MacArthur Foundation supports creative individuals, networks, […]
Hariri Institute Affiliated Faculty Members were Acknowledged with Career Development Awards Sanaz Mobasseri, an assistant professor of management and organizations at Questrom and Derry Wijaya, an assistant professor of computer science at CAS, was recognized as the awardees of 2019 Career Development Awards on Sept. 18, 2019, by Boston University. Each year, Boston University recognizes […]
The Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at the Hariri Institute for Computing works with researchers across Boston University to develop and incorporate computational tools that advance data-driven research. This summer, the SAIL team deployed NoiseScore 2.0, a mobile application that allows community residents to document and visualize their ever-changing environmental soundscape. This project […]